An introduction to law and economics /

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Auteur principal: Polinsky, A. Mitchell
Format: Livre
Publié: Boston : Little, Brown, c1989.
Édition:2nd ed.
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  • Preface xiii Introduction 1 (6) The Role of Assumptions 2 (5) Efficiency And Equity 7 (4) Is There a Conflict? 7 (4) The Coase Theorem 11 (4) Zero Transaction Costs 11 (1) Positive Transaction Costs 12 (3) First Application---Nuisance Law 15 (12) Zero Transaction Costs 17 (1) Strategic Behavior 18 (3) Imperfect Information 21 (6) Second Application---Breach of Contract 27 (12) A Fully Specified Contract 29 (2) Efficient Breach 31 (3) Efficient Reliance 34 (5) Third Application---Automobile Accidents 39 (14) The Driver's Care 40 (3) The Pedestrain's Care 43 (3) The Activity-Level Issue 46 (7) Risk Bearing And Insurance 53 (6) The Bearing of Risk 53 (3) Insurance 56 (3) Fourth Application---Breach of Contract Again 59 (8) Optimal Risk Allocation 60 (2) The Effects of the Remedies 62 (5) Fifth Application---Automobile Accidents Again 67 (8) Private Insurance Not Available 68 (2) Ideal Insurance Available 70 (2) Imperfect Insurance Available 72 (3) Sixth Application---Law Enforcement 75 (12) The Risk-Neutral Case 77 (2) The Risk-Averse Case 79 (8) Competitive Markets 87 (4) Price Equals Cost 88 (1) The Efficienty of Competitive Pricing 89 (2) Seventh Application---Pollution Control 91 (6) Only Polluters Determine Harm 92 (2) Victims Also Affect Harm 94 (3) Eighth Application---Products Liability 97 (10) Consumers Have Perfect Information 98 (2) Consumers Underestimate Product Risk 100 (1) Risk Aversion 101 (3) Consumers Can Take Care 104 (3) Ninth Application---Suit, Settlement, And Trial 107 (12) The Litigation Process 107 (6) The Analysis of Substantive Legal Rules 113 (6) Efficiency And Equity Reconsidered 119 (10) Redistribution by Taxes and Transfers 119 (2) Can Legal Rules Redistribute Income? 121 (3) Should Legal Rules Be Used to Redistribute Income? 124 (5) A Summing Up 129 (6) The Efficiency-Equity Question 129 (1) The Incentive Question 130 (2) The Risk-Allocation Question 132 (3) Conclusion 135 (4) The Problem of Valuation 135 (4) Bibliographical Appendix 139 (10) Index 149